Condenser



(No Model.)

A.H. SQUIER.

CONDENSER.

No. 551,910. Patented Dec. 24, 1895.

IN VENTOH WI TN E 88 s v: E N M U A ANDREW EGRHIAM. PHOTO-LITHQWASHINGYDND C,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR H. SQUIER, OF SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

CONDENSER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 551,910, dated December24, 1895.

Application filed March 14, 1895.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR H. SQUIER, of Scranton, in the county ofLackawanna and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and ImprovedApparatus .for Removing Moisture from Natural or Artificial Gas, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Q and details and combinations of the same, as

will be hereinafter fully described and then pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part ofthis specification, in which the figure is a sectional side elevation ofthe apparatus.

The apparatus, as illustrated in the drawing, consists principally oftwo pipes A and B of any desired length, the pipe A being arrangedwithin the pipe B in such a manner as to leave sufficient space betweenthe pipes B and A for the passage of a cooling medium. One end of thepipe A is connected with a gassupply, and the other end of the said pipeleads into the lower end of a vessel 0 connected at its top by a pipe Dwith the service-pipe for leading the gas to the burners, to be burnedin any suitable manner after the moisture has been removed.

In the vessel 0 are arranged two heads 0 and 0 connected with each otherby pipes 0 through which the gas has to pass in order to reach theoutlet-pipe D. The heads 0 and 0 form within the vessel 0 a compartmentE connected with a supply-pipe F, also connected by a short pipe G withthe closed end of the outer pipe B, as plainly shown in the drawing. Nowa cooling medium is introduced into the compartment E through the pipeF, so that the said medium circulates around the pipes C and cools, thegas pass- Serial No. 541,685. (No model.)

ing through the same, the said medium also passing from the compartmentE into the outer pipe B, thus surrounding the inner pipe A. By thismeans the moisture contained in the natural or artificial gas passingthrough the inner pipe A is condensed, the said moisture either freezingto the pipe A or accumulating in the lowermost points of the pipe A incups H, extending through the outer pipe B and provided at their outerends with suitable valves I, which when opened drain the said cups H oftheir accumulated moisture.

It is understood that the medium passing through the outer pipe Bcondenses the moisture carried by the gas, the said moisture in itscondensed form either freezing to the walls of the pipe or gathering inthe cups H to be removed therefrom from time to time. If desired, thetemperature of the gas may be raised previous to subjecting it to theaction of the cooling medium, as above described, so as to facilitatethe condensation of the moisture when the gas is subjected to thecooling medium in the pipe B or vessel 0.

The series of independent small pipes 0 separate the body of gas flowingfrom the pipe A into several currents, so that at the last stage the gasin smaller bulk is presented to the influence of the cooling medium;

In case the ice accumulating on the inner wall of the pipe A preventsthe flow of gas through the pipe A, then the gas is sent through asimilar apparatus, while the ice is thawed out by any suitable means.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- An apparatus for removing moisture from gas,comprising two sinuous pipes, one within the other, a vessel having achamber in each of its ends, a series of independent tubes con nectingsaid chambers, one of said sinuous pipes communicating with one of saidchambers and the other of said pipes communicating with the interior ofthe vessel between the end chambers, substantially as specified.

. ARTHUR H. SQUIER. Witnesses:

A. D. DEAN, K. M. ATHERTON.

